Car-fender.



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OAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 16, 1909.

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GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION IILEDMAE. 16, 1909.

Patented 891112.28, 1909.

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CHARLOTTE ARNESEN, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

CAR-FENDER.

935,574. I Specification of Iletterslatent Patented Sept. 28, 1909.

f Application filed March 16, 1909. Serial No. 483,684.

To all whom it may concern: fender arms and the rollers 5, 8, carried Be it known that I, CHARLOTTE ARNESEN, thereby. In rear of the rollers 5, 8, is a a citizen of Norway, residing at Portland, net 16 which is stretched between the arms in the county of Multnomah and State of 3 andserves to receive the person, animal Oregon, have invented new and useful Imor obstructing object on the track. A pair provements in Car-Fenders, of which the of arms 17 extend upwardly and forwardly following is a specification. from the fender arms 3 and are provided at This invention is an improved car fender their front ends with bearings 18 for a rock which operates automatically. when it enshaft 19. Said rock shaft has a releasing counters a body on. the track to cause the frame or other suitable releasing element 20 fender to be lowered and pick up the body attached thereto and"depending therefrom and prevent the body from being run over by and extending across and above the track the car and the said invention consists in and the said rock shaft also has an arm 21 the construction, combination and arrangeextending upwardly therefrom. ment of devices hereinafter described, and The car is provided with a suitable tank claimed. V 22 which is supplied with compressed air In the accompanying drawings :Figure bv a pump 23, the dunger of the said pump 1 1s a side elevation of a portion of a railbeing driven by an eccentric 24 and a suitroad car provided with a fender and fender able eccentric rod 25, the said eccentric beoperating apparatus constructed in accord mg secured .on the axle 2. The said air ance with my invention showing the fender tank is connected by a pipe 26 to the cylinin initially raised position. Fig. 2 is a simider 1 1 at a point below the piston 13 and ar View showing the fender in lowered posisaid pipe'is provided with a three-Way retion. Fig. 3 is a plan of my improved fender lief valve 27 and a valve 28. The arm or and fender operating apparatus, the bottom lever 29 of the valve 28 is connected by a of the car being. omitted. Fig. i'is a detail rod 30 to the rock arm 21. The arms 17 are sectional view through the pick up rollers connected by a suitable frame work or other of the fender. suitable connections such as indicated at 31 The floor of a car is indicated at 1 and and said frame work supports a cylinder 32 one of the car axles is indicated at 2. On one end of-which is connected by a flexible said axle is pivoted a pair of longitudinally or swiveled pipe 33 to the air tank 22, the disposed fender arms 3 provided at their said pipe having a valve 34., the arm or lever front ends on their upper sides with bearings 35 of which is connected to the rod 30 for at for a roller 5 and on their under sides at a operation by said rod. A piston 36 opersuitable distance from their front ends with ates in the said cylinder and its rod 37 has bearings 6 for the shaft 7 of a roller 8 which a head SS to engage the outer end of a rock roller is centrally disposed on the said shaft arm 39 with which the rock shaft 19 is proand is preferably made of rubber or other soft vided. l/Vhen the releasing element 20 is in material,/ The roller 5 is concaved nearly lts normal vertical position as shown in from end to end and is provided at its cen- Fig. l, the rod 30 which is operated thereby tral portion with a gear wheel 9 which at holds the valve 28 and the valve 34 in closed the-side nearest the roller 8 bears frictionposition. A gong 40 is shown under the ally against said roller, so that when the car provided with a tappet 41, which tappet latter is turned in one direction, the roller is in the path of the piston head 38 so that 5 is caused to turn /in the reverse direction. when the said, piston head moves it causes he arms 3 are provided at theirrear ends, the gong to be sounded, as will be under- 2 which extend rcarwardly of the pivotal axle stood.

2, with longitudinal slots 10 in which oper- 'In the operation of the invention when a ate the ends of a cross bar 11, the said cross body is encountered on the track, it is struck bar 'being connected to the lower end of a by the releasing element 20 which releasing. piston rod 12. The piston indicated at 13 element turns rearwardly and causes the arm in dotted lines, operates in a cylinder 14; 21 to draw forwardly on the rod 30 so that which is verticall disposed andon the pissaid rod opens the valves 28 and 34. The ton rod isa weigii mally depress the rear ends qo-f the fender into the lower portion" of the'cylinde'r l3 and arms so as to raise the froniigends of the raise the piston in said cylinder and hence t 15 which serves to norvalve 28 causes air to pass from the tank 22 1 I cause the 'rear ends of the fender arms to be drawn upwardly and the front ends of said fender arms to be depressed so that the roller 8 is brought forcibly into frictional contact with the road bed or pavement between the tracks. Hence the said roller 8 is caused to revolve by frictional contact with the road bed or pavement in "the direction arm 3}.) .ot the releasing element to swing the releasing element to a-nelevated horizontal .position* as shown in Fig. ,2, and maintain said-releasing element in such position out v of the way and above the fender.

The valve 27 may be operated to release the air from the cylinder 14 to enable the piston 13 to return to its normal position by the action of the weight 15 and dispose the fender in its initial elevated position. Said valve 27 has. a rod 42 connected thereto, the said rod being connected to a crank 4:3 at the lower end of a crankshaft 44 stationed on the front platform for operation by the motorman. A

What is claimed is t 1. \The combination of a fender mounted for vertical movement, fluid pressure actuated 'meansto operate the same, a movable releasing element in advance of the fender,

- fluid pressure actuated means to operate the releasing element, and means actuated by an initial movement of the releasing element, to put both the means for operating the fender crate the fender, a connection,

fender, means and means controlled by said releasing eleand the means for operating the releasing element into operation.

2. The combination of a reservoir for fluid under pressure, a vertically movable fender, fluid pressure actuated means to opincluding 'a valve, between said fluid pressure actuated operating means and thereservoir, a movable releasing element in advance of the few.

der, fluid pressure actuated means to operate the releasing element, a connection, including a valve, between said last-mentioned fli'lidpressure actuated means and the reservoirf and means, actuated by an initial movement ofthe releasing element to actuate said valves.

3. A pivotally mounted fender, means to raise and lower the same, a movable releasmg element in advance of the fender and means controlled by said releasing element. to actuate the means for raising andlower-- ing the fender.

4:. A car having a fender provided with arms pivotally mounted on one of the ear axles, a releasing element carried .by the to raise and lower the fender ment to put the fender raising and lowering means in operation.

5. A car having a pivotally mountedfender, fluid pressure operated means to lower the fender, a releasing element, fluid-pres sure-operating means to move the releasing element to and hold the same in an elevated,

position and means actuated by an initial movement of said releasing element to put the said fluid pressure operating means 1noperation.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature i in presence of two witnesses. I

CHARLOTTE ARNESEN'.

Witnesses:

Bmrrnmn M 'rmsoN, FRED H. W'HITFIELD. 

